Mausoleum Paling Awal - Qubbah al-Sulaybiya

Ada sebuku tulisan Spahic Omer membincang mengenai sejarah bina mausoleum di negara Islam. Antara yang awal dibina adalah mausoleum yang dikenali sebagai Qubbah al-Sulaybiya yang dibina di Samarra. Kota Samarra adalah pusat pemerintahan Abbasid di satu ketika. Qubbah al-Sulaybiya dikata menempatkan pusara Abbasid al-Muntasir (837-862) yang meninggal dunia pada 862M. Tempoh pemerintahan al-Muntasir singkat sahaja cuma bertahan selama enam bulan.

Mausoleum tersebut dikatakan dibina oleh ibu al-Muntasir yang beragama Kristian. Ibu beliau bernama Hubshiya dikatakan slave berketurunan Greek. Beliau meminta kebenaran (dari siapa?) untuk mendiri mausoleum tersebut. Memanglah pada ketika itu masih belum wujud budaya membina mausoleum di kalangan masyarakat Islam.

Qubbat al-Sulaybiya

The tomb of al-Muntasir; this is also the resting place of his grandfather al-Mu'tasim 

and his brother al-Mu'tazz

[sumber - wiki]

Petikan - wiki:

Al-Tabari (p. 222-3) states that al-Muntasir is the first Abbasid whose tomb is known, that it was made public by his mother, a Greek slave girl, and that earlier caliphs desired their tombs to be kept secret for fear of desecration.

"Ayni comments, citing al-Sibt (b. al-Jawzi), that Tabari's statement here is surprising since the tombs of the Abbasid caliphs are in fact known, e.g., the tomb of al-Saffah is in Anbar beneath the minbar; and those of al-Mahdi in Masabadhan, Harun in Tus, al-Ma'mun in Tarsis, and al-Mu'tasim, al-Wathiq and al-Mu'tawakkil in Samarra."

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